ECONOMY
Cow farming project in Jumla collapses
Cow farming project in Jumla collapses
JUMLA, Dec 29: A farmer from Chandan Nath Municipality of Jumla, Til Bahadur Giri, had set up a cow farming industry in collaboration with few other people six years ago. But his hopes of earning a handsome share of money from the business have gone in vain.
Dec 30, 2017
My City
Nepathya revives ‘Aaganai Bhari’ to mark silver jubilee
Nepathya revives ‘Aaganai Bhari’ to mark silver jubilee
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepathya has released a new video for their first song ‘Aaganai Bhari’ to mark 25 years of the band’s establishment. ‘Aaganai Bhari’ was their first official song and the first track of their first album.
Dec 30, 2017
My City
Ajay releases ‘Vanidine Rahar’
Ajay releases ‘Vanidine Rahar’
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Singer Ajay Adhikari aka Sushil released his seventh musical album ‘Vanidine Rahar’ amid a function in Kathmandu.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Jumla women in period no longer deemed unclean
Jumla women in period no longer deemed unclean
JUMLA, Dec 29: Laulunath Yogi of Tila-9, Rawatwada in Jumla is a renowned shaman of his village. Few months ago, he was someone who could not stand a menstruating woman even in the compound of his home. Like many other villagers, he believed that menstruating women are impure and their touch would m...
Dec 30, 2017
ECONOMY
Dawa Yangzum, first South Asian woman to become IFMGA-certified guide
Dawa Yangzum, first South Asian woman to become IFMGA-certif...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, a 27-year-old mountain guide from remote Rolwaling valley of Dolakha, has become the first woman from South Asia to be an internationally-certified mountain guide.
Dec 30, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels for December 30,2017
Valley Pollution Levels for December 30,2017
Valley Pollution Levels for December 30,2017.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Another breakthrough in Melamchi tunnel work
Another breakthrough in Melamchi tunnel work
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Dec 29: As the Melamchi Drinking Water Project progresses toward its final stage, it has achieved yet another breakthrough by completing the 8.2 kilometer Gyalthum-Ambathan tunnel section. This is the second of the three sections of the tunnels in the project.
Dec 30, 2017
POLITICS
Multiple riders still complicate govt formation
Multiple riders still complicate govt formation
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Even as President Bidya Devi Bhandari authenticated the much-disputed National Assembly election ordinance Friday to clear the immediate hurdle to forming the new government, multiple legal riders are still complicating the process. Election officials and legal experts say it may...
Dec 30, 2017
My City
High spirits at Pokhara street festival
High spirits at Pokhara street festival
The annual Pokhara Street Festival began amid much fanfare on Thursday. This is the 19th edition of the street festival and it covers three kilometers’ area on the streets of lake city. Every year, Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal (REBAN) hosts Pokhara Street Festival to bid adieu to the pass...
Dec 30, 2017
WORLD
Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove
Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove
NEW YORK, Dec 30: A preschooler toying with the burners on his mother’s stove accidentally sparked New York City’s deadliest fire in decades, an inferno that quickly overtook an apartment building and blocked the main escape route, the fire commissioner said Friday.
Dec 30, 2017